BSc Home Science Event Management Syllabus - Mumbai University
This is the Semester 4 syllabus under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2025-26. The University still examines the earlier Choice Based papers alongside it — her third-year timetables name that scheme — so check which scheme your exam form names before you revise.
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Syllabus for Event Management
Module I: Introduction to Events and the Event Planning Process
- 1 Event Management – Definition, importance, types of events (social, cultural, corporate, educational, fundraising, festivals)
- 2 Phases of Event Management
- a Pre-event, during event, post-event
- b Stakeholders in events - client, organizer, sponsor, audience, vendors
- 3 Event Planning Essentials
- a Creating checklists and timelines
- b Event planning worksheet
- c Theme selection, budgeting basics
- 4 Venue & Vendor Selection - Criteria for selecting venues and working with suppliers (sound, catering, décor, lights)
- 5 People and Roles in Events
- a Roles and responsibilities of event manager, volunteers, MCs, etc.
- b Team building and coordination
Module II: Managing Logistics, Promotion and Evaluation
- 1 Event Marketing and Promotion
- a Posters, invites, social media basics
- b Guest management, RSVP tools 2 Logistics & On-site Management
- a Seating, registration desk, tech requirements
- b Crowd control, emergency plan 3 Budgeting and Sponsorship Basics
- a Simple event budgeting exercise
- b Pitching for sponsors and partnerships 4 Handling Event-Day Challenges
- a Common issues: delays, power cuts, last-minute cancellations
- b Classroom discussion on real-life cases 5 Post-Event Tasks
- a Feedback, thank-you notes, impact measurement
- b Basic event report writing 6 Mini Project - Students design a theme-based event proposal including timeline, team roles, invite, and promo plan
Text Books & Reference Books
- 1 Advanced Marketing (Event Management). (2023). (n.p.): Success Publication.
- 2 Bhiwandiwala, H. (2017). Event Management. India: Nirali Prakashan, Educational Publishers.
- 3 Bladen, C., Kennell, J., Abson, E., Wilde, N. (2012). Events Management: An Introduction. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis.
- 4 Chaturvedi, A. (2009). Event Management: A Professional & Development Approach. India: Global India Publications Pvt. Limited.
- 5 Dowson, R., Albert, B., Lomax, D. (2022). Event Planning and Management: Principles, Planning and Practice. United Kingdom: Kogan Page.
- 6 Event Marketing And Management. (2009). India: Vikas Publishing House Pvt Limited.
- 7 Everett, S., Cade, N., Hunt, A., Lock, D., Lupton, K., McDonald, S. (2020). The Tourism, Hospitality and Events Student′s Guide to Study and Employability. United Kingdom: SAGE Publications.
- 8 Getz, D. (2005). Event Management & Event Tourism. United States: Cognizant Communication Corporation.
- 9 Kolb, B. (2018). Marketing Research for the Tourism, Hospitality and Events Industries. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis.
- 10 Kolb, B. M. (2021). Event Management for the Tourism and Hospitality Industries. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis.
- 11 Kolb, B. M. (2021). Event Management for the Tourism and Hospitality Industries. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis.
- 12 Reic, I. (2016). Events Marketing Management: A Consumer Perspective. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis.
- 13 Sharma, D. (2005). Event Planning and Management. India: Deep & Deep Publications.
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.Sc. (Home Science) under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2025-26. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.